ANKARA (AA) – Kazakhstan has ratified a treaty with Turkmenistan on the delimitation of the Kazakh-Turkmen state border and the delimitation of adjacent sections of fishing zones on the Caspian Sea. The ratification of the agreement was made during the plenary session of the country’s national senate meeting. “The parties determine...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The US has declined to comment directly after reports emerged that it is considering co-production of American military arms with Taiwan, but acknowledged it is mulling multiple possibilities. “The US is looking at all options on the table to ensure that the rapid transfer of defense capabilities to Taiwan can tak...
ANKARA (AA) – Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has said the Zangezur corridor, located between the autonomous region of Nakhchivan and the western regions of Azerbaijan, will turn the entire region into an important transport and trade hub. Addressing an event in Azerbaijan’s capital Baku, Aliyev recalled that the Karabakh region was histori...
Johi, Pakistan (AA) Slumped on a chair at his utility store in the main Johi bazaar, Nasarullah Jamali recalled the day (August 28) when some residents opted for evacuation but a majority rushed towards the dyke to try to stop floodwater. The gushing floodwaters struck the dyke on September 1. “Only 30% of the residents […]
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – A Palestinian source has denied reports about an agreement with Egypt and Israel to extract gas off the Gaza Strip. “These reports published by Israeli media are inaccurate,” the source told Anadolu Agency on Wednesday. The source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said current talks on extracting gas off Gaza [&h...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid has said that Tel Aviv’s goal is to separate from the Palestinians. “I think, and have always thought, that we need to separate ourselves from the Palestinians,” Lapid said in an interview with Israel’s Arabic language news outlets on Wednesday. About his speech at the UN last [&he...
KARACHI, Pakistan (AA) – Pakistan has thrown its weight behind longtime ally Saudi Arabia amid an ongoing row over global oil production cuts. “In the wake of statements made against the Kingdom in the context of (the) OPEC + decision, Pakistan expresses solidarity with the leadership of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia,” the Foreign Ministry [&hel...
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – The Bangladesh police arrested four people on Tuesday on charges of killing two Rohingya leaders in a refugee camp. The Armed Police Battalion (APBN) said in a statement that the four people arrested are also Rohingya refugees, but from different camps in the southern district of Cox’s Bazaar. Bangladesh is currently [...
SANAA, Yemen (AA) – The Yemeni government has accused Houthi rebels of rejecting all offers to extend a UN-brokered truce. “The Houthi group turned down all offers to extend the truce,” Foreign Minister Ahmed Awad bin Mubarak said during a meeting with UN envoy Hans Grundberg in the Saudi capital Riyadh. The meeting between the […]...
ANKARA (AA) – Türkiye’s parliament has approved a presidential motion seeking to extend the mandate of Turkish troops in Lebanon for one more year. The Turkish parliament first approved the participation of troops in UNIFIL mission in September 2006. UNIFIL was established in 1978 when Israel withdrew from Lebanon. The peacekeeping force...
